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[quote=Anonymous]Lentil loaf!  It's great with vegetarian gravy.  I've experimented with it and came up with my own recipe.  I usually taste test it by making a small patty and pan frying it to make sure it has enough flavor.

Lentil Loaf
2-2 ½ Cups cooked lentils (I use green and I don't soak the lentils, just boil until al dente)
¾ Cup cooked rice (leftover rice pilaf or wild rice is best, but any short grain rice will do)
1 Cup oatmeal, uncooked
½ Cup bread crumbs (seasoned or plain)
½ Cup oat bran (wheat germ would probably work too)
½ Cup onion, diced small or minced
2 T. garlic, minced
2 stalks celery, diced small
2 eggs, beaten
2 T. – ¼ Cup onion soup mix (like Lipton) or dried onion
2 T. soy sauce
2 T. smokey barbeque sauce (can use smoked paprika or liquid smoke if you don’t have smoked bbq sauce)
1 T. garlic powder
1 T. sage
2 teaspoons salt
Several grinds black pepper

Using a potato masher, blend and mash together lentils and rice.  Mashing works best when rice and lentils are a little warm.  Add oatmeal, bread crumbs, oat bran, diced onion, celery, peppers and fresh garlic.  Mixture will be dry, but try to blend it (I use my hands).  
In a small bowl, beat eggs, and mix with the last 7 ingredients.
Add wet mixture to dry mixture and blend (again, hands are best) mashing it all together.
Put mixture into a heavily greased loaf pan.
Bake at 350-375 for 45 minutes.  I usually cover it for the first half of baking and uncover it for the last half so the top gets brown and crispy.

This is a good vegetarian gravy, but use low sodium soy sauce or it will be too salty http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/vegetarian-gravy/detail.aspx  We usually make a big batch and split it in half using the other half as a base for the meat gravy.
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